Nominated for 2015 KOREAN MUSIC AWARD, Best Jazz and Crossover Record Category

“The American guitarist and Korean singer have taken the format’s innate intimacy, intertwined it with the deep mutual understanding of two instinctive improvisers, and then opened up the musical horizons in all directions.” - John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

“[Sunny Kim and Ben Monder’s] musical styles intertwine and complement each other perfectly, creating a mature, elegant sound. Their visions come together masterfully, creating harmony and peace in the foreign.” - Hee-joon Kim, MMJazz Magazine

“Sunny Kim and Ben Monder captivate the ears as Sunny Kim’s enchanting, dreamlike vocals soar over Ben Monder’s precisely controlled guitar... An incredible listening experience.” - Kyung Joon Lee, Naver Music

“With their combined remarkable imaginations, Sunny Kim and Ben Monder offer us an ethereal treat of sound, space, and style. A truly unique collaboration that deserves our undivided attention.” - Christine Correa, Jazz vocalist

"The Shining Sea: Live at Olympus Hall is an engaging, even engrossing, listening experience from start to finish... Kim and Monder don't just play jazz standards, they re-create them from the ground up, or from the inside out... this is an excellent and memorable performance by two musicians at the tops of their respective games." - Dave Wayne, All About Jazz

Sunny Kim voice, live electronic processing

Ben Monder Guitar

TRACKLISTING:

01. Willow Weep For Me

02. Late Green

03. Everywhere

04. Let’s Fall in Love

05. Love, On Its Loneliness

06. Worm

07. Wild Rose/Lullaby for Rose

08. The Shining Sea

Released 2014 on Audioguy

Recorded, mixed and mastered in Seoul